Kamwaya Surname
Approximately 3,385 people bear this surname
Kamwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,423 | 1:11,138 | 1,285 |
| Tanzania | 1,143 | 1:46,318 | 5,231 |
| Zimbabwe | 601 | 1:25,688 | 3,924 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kamwaya (31) may also be a first name.
Kamwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamwaya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwaya? popularity and diffusion
Kamwaya is the 133,204th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,152,894 people. The last name Kamwaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwaya are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kamwaya is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 31 people.
The last name is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 1,423 people, or 1 in 11,138. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 43 percent are found, Southern Province, where 32 percent are found and Western Province, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 34 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaumwaya | 93 | 17 | / |
| Kamwaaya | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kamway | 92 | 5 | / |
| Kamwaa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kamuaya | 86 | 130 | / |
| Kamwayi | 86 | 102 | / |
| Kamwiya | 86 | 50 | / |
| Kamwaye | 86 | 38 | / |
| Kamweya | 86 | 28 | / |
| Kamwaha | 86 | 10 | / |
| Khamway | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khamwaha | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kamwaiyo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Khamwhay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamwooya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamwai | 77 | 81 | / |
| Kamwaj | 77 | 55 | / |
| Kamwau | 77 | 34 | / |
| Kamwea | 77 | 33 | / |
| Komway | 77 | 5 | / |
| Camway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kamuay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kamwey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kemway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khamwaiyo | 75 | 10 | / |
| Cambaya | 71 | 2,222 | / |
| Kamwiyo | 71 | 977 | / |
| Khamwai | 71 | 295 | / |
| Kamwaji | 71 | 195 | / |
| Kamuaye | 71 | 123 | / |
| Kamwoyo | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kamweyi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kamviya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kamwija | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kambayy | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kamweha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kamweyo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kamvayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamvaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamweja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamuiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Komwaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwajo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamueya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kambaaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwahu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamvay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamweha | 67 | 124 | / |
| Khambaye | 67 | 33 | / |
| Khambuya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kombayah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khambaiy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kammboya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kambajah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaimbayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kammbaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khammuay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kambuuya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khamwhai | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kamwaya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis